St. Peter protests: 'Although all shall fall away, yet I will not.'

31 Then Jesus told them, "This very
night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written:

"'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

32 But after I have risen, I will go
ahead of you into Galilee."

33 Peter replied, "Even if all fall
away on account of you, I never will."

34 "I tell you the truth," Jesus
answered, "this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three
times."

35 But Peter declared, "Even if I
have to die with you, I will never disown you." And all the other disciples said
the same.Matthew 26:30-35

Paintings by by James Jacques Tissot (French painter and illustrator, 1836-1902).
Biography. Nearly all of Tissot's paintings of the Life of Christ (1884-1896) are rendered in opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper and are owned by the
Brooklyn Museum, New York.